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More than 600,000 people in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region lost electricity after a Russian overnight attack on an energy facility, the energy provider DTEK said Sunday, Nov. 8, Al Jazeera reported. Another 250,000 people in the Kharkiv region lost power after a Russian strike, Al Jazeera reported.
The outages
The outages covered the Pavlohrad, Samarivskyi, Kamianske and Dnipro districts and the city of Dnipro, DTEK said. Repairs were being complicated by repeated attacks, DTEK said, according to Al Jazeera. “No casualties have been reported,” Zlatopil Mayor Mykola Baksheyev said on Telegram.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces will continue strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, which it says aid Ukraine’s military, Al Jazeera reported. Unverified claim, Russian Defense Ministry (Russian state).
Zaporizhzhia plant on generators
The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost its external power supply after a damaged line was disconnected, plant management said Sunday, the Associated Press reported. Backup diesel generators were running the plant, which needs power for its cooling systems, the AP reported.
Rescue crews hit at Komyshuvakha
A Russian drone struck emergency workers Sunday in Komyshuvakha, damaging rescue equipment, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said, according to the AP. No one was injured. Ukraine said Monday’s attack on the same site killed at least 55 people, the AP reported. The Boston Report earlier cited a toll of 53. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strike on crews “absolute cynicism and brutality,” the AP reported.
The week’s totals
Russia launched 115 missiles, 1,900 guided aerial bombs and more than 3,000 drones at Ukraine in the past week, Zelenskyy said on X, the AP reported. Zelenskyy accused Russia of intensifying attacks to pressure Kyiv before talks in Abu Dhabi, Al Jazeera reported. More coverage is in The Boston Report’s World News section.
Sources
- Al Jazeera: Russian strikes on Ukraine leave hundreds of thousands without electricity
- Associated Press (via ABC News): Russia targets emergency crews at the site of a deadly strike
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